Examining a new addition to the Hadrian’s Wall ‘souvenir’ vessels Over the last 300 years, a handful of enamelled bronze vessels, most…
Our friends at Museum of London Archaeology are kindly offering Current Archaeology readers the chance to win a copy of four of…
Hurrah! No sooner had I written my blog on Mr Moneybags than I discovered a new Mr Moneybags, or rather a…
Money, Money, Money: What price heritage? Twice a year, summer and winter, English Heritage publishes a fascinating magazine called Conservation Bulletin. It…
In mid October 2012 an all-points bulletin was emailed to Time Team staff. It announced that after 20 seasons and over 230…
Covering the end of Time Team feels like writing an obituary. The programme has been there for much of my personal journey…
New finds at Beechwood Farm, Inverness may help to reveal the ancient techniques of prehistoric Ironworkers, and provide new perspectives on metalworking…
This edible portrait of Mortimer Wheeler was baked by Richard Ward, an archaeologist working on one of the Walbrook sites currently under…
In 1995 the discovery of part of a Royal Navy warship hidden in the Wheelwrights Shop at The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, sparked…
When Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in November 1922, the Western world was seized by an epidemic of Egyptomania. What is less…
It’s Guy Fawkes night — 5 November 2012 – and I have been in London for 50 years. I first came to…